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Flexible Stay Bolt (open access)

Flexible Stay Bolt

Patent for Flexible Stay Bolt
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Bearicks, Charles F
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus (open access)

Automatic Switch Throwing Apparatus

Patent for a device that will automatically throw a switch upon the presence of an on-coming train, and switch it back after the train has passed.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Bida, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Non-Refillable Bottle (open access)

Non-Refillable Bottle

Patent for Non-Refillable Bottle
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Burch, Charles E
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automatic Gas Valves (open access)

Automatic Gas Valves

Patent for automatic gas valve that will close if the pressure is detected to be too low.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Chism, Sylvester J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Telpherage Apparatus (open access)

Telpherage Apparatus

Patent for Telpherage Apparatus
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Drinkard, Ithamar B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washboard (open access)

Washboard

Patent for washboard that "is made for automatically moving, step by step, a cake of soap inclosed in a housing" (lines 9-11) against the cloths being washed and is "operated by the pressure exerted through the rubbing action upon a rubbing board associated with the device" (lines 22-24).
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Durden, Perrey Milton
System: The Portal to Texas History
Motor. (open access)

Motor.

Patent for improvements in motors designed for motor-vehicle operation. Cheaper manufacture and less expensive fuel are included as claimed improvements.
Date: June 5, 1916
Creator: Edwards, Charles R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process of Making Amyl Acetate (open access)

Process of Making Amyl Acetate

Patent for Process of Making Amyl Acetate
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Essex, Harry & Brooks, Benjamin T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mechanical Toy Hoop (open access)

Mechanical Toy Hoop

Patent for improved features for mechanical toy hoops, particularly for toys utilizing trundling hoops.
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Giesecke, Leo
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint (open access)

Rail-Joint

Patent for rail joints which "requires no extra plates or parts like the usual joint; that is stronger and more durable; that it is more readily assembled and that the parts are efficiently united; that only one bolt is required..." (lines 9-14).
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Gilmore, Aaron W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement (open access)

Spring Foot Cultivator Attachement

Patent for device that spreads the links that lead from a spring foot cultivators to the tilling shoes.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Grayson, Wilbur D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Adjustable Window-Shade (open access)

Adjustable Window-Shade

Patent for an adjustable window-shade that is more useful and can be "raised and lowered in its entirety" (lines 10-11) including instructions and illustration.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Hayes, George Daniel
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter (open access)

Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter

Patent for Hot and Cold Cotton Seed Cake Cutter
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Helm, Clyde D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pipe Tongs (open access)

Pipe Tongs

Patent for Pipe Tongs
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Hill, Richard Dennie
System: The Portal to Texas History
Double Action Well Pump (open access)

Double Action Well Pump

Patent for a double action well pump that only uses a single cylinder
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Jacob, Ernst A. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heat Distributor (open access)

Heat Distributor

Patent for Heat Distributor
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Jueschke, Charles A
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resilient Wheel (open access)

Resilient Wheel

Patent for Resilient Wheel
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Kettler, Martin F
System: The Portal to Texas History
Pump. (open access)

Pump.

Patent for a pump design that allows for the pump barrel to be securely locked in position in the well and easily released again when the parts need to be removed again.
Date: June 5, 1916
Creator: Ligon, Arthur Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Device for Hanging Pictures (open access)

Device for Hanging Pictures

Patent for Device for Hanging Pictures
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Mastin, Mignon W
System: The Portal to Texas History
Neck Yoke (open access)

Neck Yoke

Patent for neck yokes, particularly for hogs, but not made especially for hogs.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: McClure, Cicero F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for boll-weevil insect destroyer to that can be attached to cotton cultivator device and used to remove and destroy boll weevils simultaneously to plowing the cotton with the cultivator.
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: McCracken, Ninian S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Relief Valve for Cotton Elevators (open access)

Relief Valve for Cotton Elevators

Patent for Relief Valve for Cotton Elevators
Date: September 5, 1916
Creator: Mcdonald, Marvin Vestor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces (open access)

Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces

Patent for Measuring Instrument for Curved Surfaces
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Mckinney, Elnathan J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insulating Tube (open access)

Insulating Tube

Patent for sercuing, protecting, and insulating electrical wires.
Date: December 5, 1916
Creator: Morene, Carl T.
System: The Portal to Texas History